1. مَن حَبَّسَ الأَسحار

    عَلىَ لِحاظ الغيد

    Who confined enchantments

    to the glances of lovely women,

  2. وَأَلبَسَ الأَقمار

    تَمايماً في الجيد

    and adorned the moons

    with amulets about the neck?

  3. مَن أَنبَتَ الوَردا

    في غُصونِ البانِ

    Who made roses grow

    on the moringa's boughs,

  4. وَرَوعَ الخَلدا

    بلَحظِكَ الراني

    and frightened the heart

    with your lingering gaze?

  5. أَضحى لَهُ غِمداً

    قَلبُ الشَجيِّ العاني

    Now its sheath is

    the sorrowing captive's heart.

  6. مُوَلَّهٌ قَد حار

    في مَهمَه التَفنيد

    Distraught with love, he has lost his way

    in the trackless waste of reproach.

  7. أَجفانُهُ أَنهار

    وَخَدّهُ أُخدود

    His eyelids are rivers,

    and his cheek a furrow.

  8. لِلَّهِ ما أَحلى

    لَيالي الوَصلِ

    By God, how sweet

    are the nights of union!

  9. بُدورُها تُجلى

    في حِندِس العَذل

    Their full moons are unveiled

    in the pitch-darkness of reproach,

  10. وَكأسُها يُملا

    بالغَنجِ وَالدلّ

    and their cup is filled

    with coquetry and coy charm.

  11. وَنَحنُ في مِضمار

    مَعَ ابنَةِ العُنقود

    And we are on a racecourse

    with the daughter of the grape-cluster,

  12. في فِتيَةِ أَخيار

    وَطالِعٍ مَسعود

    among worthy young men,

    and under a fortunate star.

  13. يا فِتنَةً لِلناس

    في صُورَةِ الإِنسِ

    O temptation to humankind

    in human form!

  14. تَجَمَّعَ الجُلّاس

    لِلَّهوِ وَالأُنسِ

    The companions have gathered

    for amusement and conviviality.

  15. اشرَب وَهاتِ الكأس

    وَاِبسُط بِها نَفسي

    Drink, and bring the cup,

    and gladden my soul with it.

  16. وَالطِم خُدودَ الطار

    وَاِفرُك أَذانَ العود

    And slap the tambourine's cheeks,

    and rub the lute's ears,

  17. وَقَبِّل المِزمار

    بِثَغرِكَ المَنضود

    and kiss the flute

    with your mouth of even-set teeth.

  18. وَاِمدَحِ المَولى

    مُحَمَّد المَنصور

    And praise the lord,

    Muhammad al-Mansur,

  19. النَيِّر الأَجلى

    في ظُلمَة الديجور

    the radiant, most resplendent one

    in the darkness of pitch-black night,

  20. مَن آيُهُ تُجلى

    لِيَومِ نَفخِ الصور

    whose signs shine forth

    until the day the Trumpet is blown,

  21. كالقَطرِ في الأَقطار

    وَفي العُلا كالطَود

    like rain throughout the lands,

    and in eminence like a mountain,

  22. وَالأَسَدِ الهَصّار

    عِندَ الخُطوبِ السود

    and like the prey-crushing lion

    in the face of dark calamities.

  23. يَهنيكُمُ شَوّال

    وَافاكَ بِالأَفراح

    May Shawwal bring you joy!

    It has come to you with gladness.

  24. فاِلبِس بِهِ مُختال

    مِن جَيِّدِ الأَمداح

    So clothe yourself proudly this month

    in the finest of praises,

  25. وَاِعرض عَن العُذّال

    في الغيدِ أَو في الراح

    and turn away from the reproachers

    over lovely women or wine.

  26. وَاِشرَب عَلى الأَوتار

    مَع مُطرِباتِ الغيد

    And drink to the music of the strings,

    with singing beauties,

  27. النُهّدِ الأَبكار

    صَباحَ ثاني العيد

    full-breasted virgins,

    on the morning of Eid's second day.